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MOWER; No. 187,542 Pmncea Feb. 20,1877.

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MICHAEL F. LDWTH, OF OWATONNA, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT lNIVlOWERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. H@3,5 fl2, dated February 20, 1877; application filed June 24,1876.

To. all whom "it may concern Beit known that I, MICHAEL F. LOWTH, of Owatonna, in the county of Steele and State of Mimiesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mowers, of which the following is a specification Figure 1 is aperspective, showing the seat. and foot-rest. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section. Fig. 3 is a detail of the foot-rest.

The novelty in the present invention relates to the adjustable spring-seat, and in combining therewith an adjustable foot-rest; and the same consists, more particularly, in so constructing and adapting the seat that it can be raised or lowered, and in combining therewith an adjustable spring, that can be lengthened or shortened, to correspond with the height of the seat as the board spring is raised or lowered, and in adapting to the spring-board an adjustable foot-rest, all as will now be more in detail set out and explained.

In the drawings, A denotes a carriage for a mower, plow, seeder, or any suchlike dc:

Vice, to and upon which is attached and secured the seat 15 by means of a clamp or setscrew, c, which passes through the guide (I, a

slo d, in the board spring D, and a like screw. e, which passes through a slot in the end oi" spring hi, and holds said end under the upper end of the said spring-board. By these means the seat B can be suitably raised or lowered, and when adapted to a proper height. as desired in any particular instance, can be stayed and held securely.

The spring under the seat serves'to make the motion of the seat more gentle. This adds greatly to the ease of the rider, and likewise conduces to prevent strain by any sudden motion of the carriage, because it will materially aid in breaking or resisting the force of it.

The spring-board held in the way and by the means now shown is more desirable than any method in use for regulating the'position of the seat, because it is possible to place the seat in better relation to the wheels and other parts of the carriage, causing the drivers weight to balance on the carriage, and in foot to rest upon.

I have now shown how this can be accomplished by cutting out a small piece from the face of the rest nearest the spring, and about as wide as said band, and giving to its edge an elliptical shape, while the ears which will thus be formed at the ends of the rest, and extend said board. On each side the foot-rest is now secured to the board by means of a shoe, G. This shoe tits upon the under side of the board, its turned-up edges closely embracing the edge of the board, while its ears 9 come close against each end of said elliptical part of the rest, and a pin passing through the ears andsaid edge forms a suit able joint, onwhich the foot-rest can be turned. By turning the outer edge of the foot-rest slightly upward the rest will be released, so that it can be easily moved up or down the spring-board; and to tix it in any position it is only necessary to turn down the outer edge till the elliptical edge binds upon the board, when the rest will be firmly held.

it is evident that the mere mechanical details. of carrying out this point may be changed, and I do not therefore new design to limit myself exactly to the precise method or means by which I have illustrated it.

This invention is very simple in construction in all its details, as well as very cheap, and can be readily adapted to old as well as new machines.

Having thus described my invention, what MICHAEL F. LOWTH. Witnesses:

LEWIS L. WHEELOOK, JAMES FISK. 

